Java Programming Essentials
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive foundation in Java programming, from the fundamentals of syntax and control flow to advanced object-oriented design, file handling, and GUI programming. Students will develop practical coding skills through hands-on labs and real-world projects.
Course Outcome :
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Understand core Java syntax, data types, and control structures.
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Write modular programs using methods and reusable logic
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Apply object-oriented principles such as inheritance, encapsulation, and polymorphism
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Implement data structures using Java Collections
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Build file-based and GUI-based applications.
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Develop a final capstone project demonstrating full-stack programming logic
Course Curriculum
This course provides a comprehensive foundation in Java programming, from the fundamentals of syntax and control flow to advanced object-oriented design, file handling, and GUI programming. Students will develop practical coding skills through hands-on labs and real-world projects.
- History and features of Java
- Installing JDK and IDEs (Eclipse / IntelliJ IDEA)
- JVM, JRE, and JDK explained
- Writing and executing your first program
- Primitive and non-primitive data types
- Constants and literals
- Arithmetic, relational, logical, and bitwise operators
- Type casting and expressions
- Conditional statements (if, if-else, switch)
- Loops (for, while, do-while)
- Nested loops and jump statements (break, continue)
- Lab: Building a grading and billing system
- 1D and 2D arrays
- Array manipulation (sorting, searching)
- String methods and StringBuilder
- Lab: Student record analyzer
- Method declaration, definition, and invocation
- Pass by value and return statements
- Method overloading and recursion
- Lab: Mathematical problem solver using functions
- Classes and objects
- Constructors and destructors
- Access modifiers and encapsulation
- Inheritance and method overriding
- Polymorphism (compile-time and runtime)
- Lab: Vehicle management system
- Types of errors and exceptions
- try-catch-finally and custom exceptions
- Reading and writing files
- Lab: Banking transaction management system
- Introduction to Collections
- ArrayList, LinkedList, Stack, Queue, and HashMap
- Sorting and iteration techniques
- Lab: Employee payroll management system
- Swing and AWT overview
- Creating frames, panels, and buttons
- Handling events and actions
- Lab: Calculator GUI project
- Introduction to multithreading
- Packages and access control
- Introduction to JDBC (database connectivity)
- Debugging and performance optimization